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Steve Jobs' Last Words Will Make You Change Your View Of Life Completely!

 

 

I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world.

 

In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.

 

However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.

 

At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.

 

In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer…

 

Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth…

 

Should be something that is more important:

 

Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days …

Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me.

God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.

The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me.

What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love.

That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on.

Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands.

What is the most expensive bed in the world? – “Sick bed” …

You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.

Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – “Life”.

When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – “Book of Healthy Life”.

Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down.

Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends…

Treat yourself well. Cherish others.

Búddismi

 

Málið er ekki að finnast búddisminn djúpur og stórkostlegur. Við gerum aðeins það sem okkur ber, svona eins og við borðum kvöldmat og förum í háttinn. Það er búddismi.

 

Shunryu Suzuki – Zen hugur, hugur byrjandans  

Zen er árið á enda - Gleðilegt nýtt ár!

 

... if you want to be happy

 

Chi - Prana

Gleðileg jól

Dream

 

 

Before Japanese Rinzai Zen Master Takuan Soho died, this great scholar-artist-teacher instructed: 

“Bury my body on the mountain behind the temple; throw earth on it and go away. 
No scripture reading, no offerings—go on with your meals. Afterwards, no pagoda, no monument, no posthumous name or title, and certainly no biography full of dates!” 
At his final moment, he wrote the Chinese character for yume ("dream"), put down the brush, and died.

Hugleiðslunámskeið í janúar hjá Zen á Íslandi

 

Hugleiðslunámskeiðið Andinn Sópar Hugann er ætlað jafnt byrjendum sem og iðkendum og meðlimum í Zen á Íslandi - Nátthaga. Námskeiðið mun byggja alfarið á hljóðbókinni Breath Sweeps Mind eftir Jakusho Kwong Roshi, kennara okkar í Zen á Íslandi, en við munum lesa saman valda kafla úr hljóðbókinni í íslenskri þýðingu. Nálgun Kwong Roshi er mjög ítarleg og gaumgæfileg og snýr að öllum hliðum Zen iðkunar. Við höfum ekki áður lagst í eins djúpa skoðun á kennslu kennara okkar og því hvetjum við alla félaga og áhugasama til þess að nýta sér þetta tækifæri.

Leiðbeinendur á námskeiðinu verða þau Ástvaldur Zenki og Gyða Myoji, sem bæði hafa hlotið prestsvígslu hjá Jakusho Kwong-roshi, kennara Zen á Íslandi – Nátthaga, auk þess sem Ástvaldur Zenki gegnir stöðu aðstoðarkennara í Nátthaga.
Námskeiðið hefst mánudaginn 16. janúar 2017, kl. 17:30 - 19:00
Lengd: 4 vikur
Tími: Mánudagar kl. 17.30 - 19.00 (lýkur 6. febrúar).

Kennt er í aðsetri Zen á Íslandi á Grensásvegi 8, 4.hæð.
Námskeiðið er öllum opið, óháð trúar- og lífsskoðunum.

Þátttökugjald er 15.000kr. en námskeiðið er ókeypis fyrir þá sem greiða árgjald í Nátthaga.
Innifalið í þátttökugjaldi er dagleg iðkun á meðan á námskeiðinu stendur.

Skráning fer fram með því að senda tölvupóst á [e-mail].

The obstacle is the mind

 

There is no help in changing
Your environment.
The obstacle is the mind,
Which must be overcome,
Whether at home or in the forest.
If you can do it in the forest,
Why not in the home?
Therefore, why change the environment?

    Ramana Maharshi